The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)

By Theophilus Cibber

The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) - Theophilus Cibber
  • Release Date: 1758-01-01
  • Genre: Poetry

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The council much offended by the disrespect thrown on them: It happened one day while the council were met, and had sat some time in expectation of his majesty, that the duke of Lauderdale, who was a furious ungovernable man, quitted the room in a passion, and accidentally met with Killegrew, to whom he expressed himself irreverently of the king: Killegrew bid his grace be calm, for he would lay a wager of a hundred pounds, that he would make his majesty come to council in less than half an hour.